The publisher of this book utilises modern printing technologies as well as photocopying processes for reprinting and preserving rare works of literature that are out-of-print or on the verge of becoming lost. This book is one such reprint.General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1905 Original Publisher: Union printers, limited Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Eventually they burst open the door, and went rolling down the brow towards the brook. Coppernob's lad, who had inherited his father's love of fighting, exclaimed, " Aw'll bet my feythur's ut top. He could allus leather him." Strange to say, when they got to the coffins, Coppernob's was at the top. MEDLOCK HALL FARM, DAISY NOOK. The Scene of Coppernob's Funeral. OTHER STORIES ABOUT FUNERALS. Further referring to funerals, I have heard my father say that at one time many of the Failsworth folk used to bury their dead in Middleton Churchyard, and the way they had to take the bier was a distance of nearly fivemiles. In those days it was a custom to engage some old pensioners to carry the dead, and pay them well for the job. On one occasion these pensioners were carrying a rather heavy corpse. It was a very warm day. Reaching a certain inn, one of the carriers said to to the others, " I say, mates, let's stop here and have a drink." "A very good suggestion," said the others. So they set the bier down in the roadway, went into the inn, and had a drink each, whilst the mourners waited outside. This was repeated so often on the way that, by the time the party reached Middleton, most of the carriers were nearly drunk. A Failsworth character, known as Duffy, once went to a funeral. At the house, after the burial, the tall silk hats got mixed up. " Owd Duffy" remarked, "Aw con tell mine. Eaur Dan's bin keepin" two sparrows in it for a week." It is said that at one time there was a " burryin' suit" of clothes, which used to be borrowed for nearly every funeral abou...